. 6:00 on this sunday morning. here's what we're following for you. police in prince george's county working to find a killer. in virginia, a driver running over and killing a 16-year-old then taking off. and fearsrm ced for the wizards, yeah. l-star j point guan wall's season is over because of a foot injury. a rough stret for the wizards for sure but i want to welcome you in. thanre for being i'm adam tuss. >> i'm david culver. it's december30, 2018. wrapping up this year. >> unbelievable. >> going quickl >> 2019.

you know how you used to have to write it down and i'll forget to write the >>19. ow my phone does it all for me. you know who else does i for us is licauryn ricketts. >> yesterday was nice. today won't be tooba yesterday was 58 degrees. temperaturopping out in the mid to upper 50s. average temperature low to mid-40s. beautiful view of the capitol. gorgeous conditions out there early onhis sunday morning. we're in the low 40s in the district. gaithersburg is 32. low 30 ts in shenandoah valley but not that bad out there as we continue through the day. nothing showing up on the radar and as we continue through the day we may have a flurry. that floats through. we have this system to the south that willng us rain as we head through the day tomorrow so we'll talk about that.

that's coming up in just a bit. guys? >> la thank you very much. we are following breaking news from overnight. police in are looking into a deadly shooting. this was the scene here on tailor avenue in ft. washington. officers showing up to art re shooting after 10:30. they found a man with a gunshot wound but it was too late to reve him. investigators a working out what pled to the shooting and so far no suspes have been named. we're staying on top of a developing story out of reston, virginia. police are trying to track down a suspected hit-and-run driver iblieved respo for killing a 16-year-old boy. >> it happened last night on south lakes dri at castle rock square around 5:45. witnesses say the teenager had just gotten off thend bus was crossing the street when he was hit. the driver didn't stop and right now police don't have much information about the driver. >> the only information that we have right now is that iwas a

sedan that was the striking vehicle. we have no color.th we have no information on the vehicle, unfortunately, at ayis time. police the car involved should have front end damage. new this morning, a maryland man facing charges after a deadly multivehicle crash up in new yo city. poli say sherman harrison of upperarlborough crashed into several cars in the tribeca neighborhood. one car flipped and caught on fire. while officials were extinguishing the re, they discovered an unconscious woman inside. she was pronounced dead. harrison tried to flee the scene according to police but he was later arrested. he was taken to the hospital and faces charges including daughter. we're learning more about a brutal murdehe of a m in front of a rockville church and now her 21-year-old son is charged with killing her. police say he stabbed his mother to death at st. rafael catholic

church. they say jacqueline mcguigan's body was found after policein heard screamand saw her son standingr.ver he kevin was arrested at a rockville gasay sedation yeste morning. >> this is a horrible tragic family situation. >> i'm a mother of25 a ear-old and i think that we all as parents feel like we n beafe around those that supposedly love us most. >> jacqueline has two other . childr she was a breast cancer survivor. family members described her as a positive person who was the rock of h family. police say a suspicious death is a homicide i prince george's county and they need your help. if you have any information they you. to hear from just before noon yesterday, officers responded to evans trail. they found a man dead inside a car. police are working to figure out how the victim died. >> time is 6:04.

new develop a pregnant woman set on fire in prince george's county. a second man won't be facing charges. according to wtop, prosecutors is dropped charges against jonathan edward miller on friday. it's unclear why thees cha were dropped. a jury acquitted la quinnph lips who was charged with attacking the woman. the woman was pregnant when the attack happene last year. phillips is the father of the baby. she delivered her baby early and suffered severe burn terrifying moments at bwi urgood marshall airport after a passenger loading bridge failed sending six people to the hospital. paramedics were helping a woman with a medical situation get off the southwest flight. airport officials say that's when there was an issue with the equipment on the movable connector from the airport terminal to the plane. the flight just arrived from bwi from the dominican republic. tnesses describe the incident as traumatic. >> about two seconds after she walked out there was this loud

crash. it was traumatic and everybody rushed to the front of the plane and the flight attendants were like please sit down and nobody knew what was going on. >> that's frightening. six people were taken to a nearby hospital. they're expected to recover. he incident remains under investigation. several fire companies banded together to battle a two-alar fire at a warehouse in upper marlborough and flames shot through the roof of a warehouse at b & k rental at old marlboro pike.io po of the structure collapse the damage estimated to be about $1.5 million. prince george's county fire was helped out by oth fires and d.c. fire. no word on a cause there. there is a pretty contentious back-and-forth over a medical marijuana dispensary in prince george's county. some protesters, including those from connect church, held signs yesterday on allentown way in camp springs. connect church used to be locate there had next to the proposed

dispenhry. the chuut a summer day camp across the street from it. prince george'county prohibits medical cannabis dispensaries from being within 500 feet of churches and day cares. the church's pastor says the camp is 300 feet away which makes it illega >> nothing is going on on the county level. we need to get to the bottom of it and somebody needs it.'s thhy we're protesting today. >> church leaders say prince george's county has not stepped up andulled the dispensary's permit. the dispensary hasn't spoken out about the protest. new year's eve is just a day away. the silver ride program isg gearinup. the washington regional alcohol program in parership with lyft will be offering rides for those looking to get around safely. theober ride program operates overnight from 8:00 to 4:00 in the morning until new year's day. so far, over 400 sobber rides

have beenvided this month. the wizardsha will ve to pl withoutt all-star guard john wall. he will have to have surgery on his left heel. the rxpovery is eected to take six to eight months. the may not end up being in lineup but it didn't seem to affect the gameinst the hornets. the wizards winning that 130-126. they are back at home this wednesday playing against the atlanta hawks. >> that's a bl>>. > new this morning. some familiar faces set to play for college football's national championship. this is making our producer alan very happy because he's a cl clemson fan, the tigers routed notre dame. the irish went down 30-3. clemson earning another shot at the championship. in miami, alabama jumped ut to an early lead against oklahoma. chuck bell a little bit upset

there. the boomerser could n catch soup clemson and ala ma will face off for the nationalon chship for the third time in four years. it's the rubber pladtch. it shoule a good game. >> i think you covered all the es we ve. >> there no mention of fordham or william & mary. >> go rams. >> and go tribe. i don't think they' close to it. 6:09. a live look outside.st mild art, lauryn ricketts is looking ahead into next year already. we'll check in with her. a man's phone callo his mother ends when someone calls the police on him. now he and a lawr say it's another case of racial profiling that's gone viral. we'll get you the details on the growing controversy right next on news 4 today.

. welcome back. a hotel fired two employees after the workers told an african-american guest to leave. jermaine matthew was in the hotel lobby a week ago speaking on the phone with his he recorded what happened and posted it on social media. a white security guardhi called a safety threat and accused trespassing. the guard kicked him out of the hotel and called police. he says he nts to know why he was asked to his attorney wants to know, too. >> why did that guy think that he had the prerogative to just o art questioning my guy, disbelieve him, to badger him, to throw him out, to call the police? hotel says an outside party will conduct a third-party investigation into the owcident. hat christmas is coming on, it's happened so fast, to tackle the decorations. >> mine stay up all year round. >> classy. in pennsylvania there's an

alternative to tossing the holiday treats to the curb. they can be turned into smacks for anats. addiction recovery facility takes them, feeds the treats to their goats on the farm and it turns out ty're a natur we wormer. did you know this? >> yes. >> goats will heat anything. they also make further use of the wood as well. there you go. if you have a get to hanging around -- >> he's getting to the top. >> if you have a get to somewhe -- goat somewhere, take your tree ovee. th >> it's a perfect transitioning to lauryn ricketts. she's been raising goats for years so bring them to her house. >> i that the case lauryn? >> just because i'm from winchester doesn't mean a have a whole bunch of goats in my farm. >> i didn't say it. you said it. >> that's pretty cool. i like that. that's good. i like that story. >> youew learn something every morning here on news 4. >> working for you.

if you're headed on the farm today and itdr will be partly sunny skies, temperatures on the chilly side. low 30s and low 40s right now and we are headed into the mid to up 4s. yesterday we made it up to 58. today 48 degrees so 10 degrees below where we were yesterday but dry. partly sunny skies out there. itill be a nice day out there. and, again, a few more clouds out there compared to yesterday. yesterday was gorgeous so any weekend activities going on, travel, we have rain to thegh south thr georgia and the gulf coast. you want to take those decorations down, take those trees to the goat farm, we're looking nice and dry for the redskins gameaking on the eagles. we have to gin thise to keep the eagles out of the playoffs. so mid-40s and dry as well.

you can see nothing happening on th radar. we could have a flurry that heads west of the blue ridge mountains and i-81 but that's it. here's the rain to the dee south. this system is going to move into our area as we go through theay tomorrow so rain arrives tomorrow morning and showers throughout the day. temperatures will be in the low 50s. tomorr night for new year's eve night we're talking about 50s. and we head into the low 60s into new year's day. rain will end bybr dk on new year's day morning, you're looking fine for that. wednesday we cool. do dry, next chance of rain on friday but next weekend dry as well. >> lauryn ricketts, thank you. we have got one of the bestr repo notebooks up next. >> is that because you're on it? a good segu we are back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories.

good morning. i'm pat lawson muse. they haven't put a single shovel into the ground for the new amazon hq 2 but you could say the earth beneath the real estate market in virginia has alread moved. early numbers suggest a significant spike in home sales. it's a good news/bad news story depending on your position in themarket. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver and chuck be with us this morning to tack about amazon and, yes, the ather. >> we can do that. we will blend these two things somehow. >> let's start in. virgin there have been all kinds of predictions about amazon's impact on the area. what we're seeing already is pretty significant. >> we've seen forecasting for several months leading up to this. now we have actual numbers. so november 13 you recall w en amazon announced officially they would choose northern virginia adds one of their hq 2 locanons, specifically area they're calling national

anding, crystal city pentagon city. what we're seeing in those early numbers compared th this time last year is a spike in home sales of 633%. so homes that we n put under contract, around 22 in november compared with three last zip codein that one that comprises national landing. what's more is we'reglso see drew truly a dotcom, they're seeing a massive spike, it goes up lik a roller coaster when it looks at people looking at this area. >> and are buyers looking for deals finding deals? >> not exactly. this area is so expensive as it is. thfis was the problem when my other half and i were looking up for homes. we were in the logan circle and sh neighborhoods and those neighborhoods are being flipped over, we've had offers on three

houses before the one we ended up landing on and every one we had offers on we weren't even close to the highe bid. they were getting 10 and 12 bids per a listing as a result you'd have to put in contingency clses to put an escalation into the price. i bid a million bucks but go up to a million and a quarter and then the realtor would hav to g through and sift out the best offers and -- it really pushed the price up fast. >> is it a trend, vid? they think it will be short lived and real estate experts m referringto. and financial experts, too.pl you have p looking from other parts of the country saying we'll go in as an investment property, they call up realtors here, they realize an investmen property wil start at $750,000, $800,000nd en need renovations, they don't have the capital so they'reulling back from that.

and they believe because the work force coming in that will mostly be millennial, that this work force will rent for several yes and then look into putting money into single family homes. >> the other down side here would be residents who fear losing their homes because of rising costs,ecause their neighborhoods are changing and all these other things that wila ppen, traffic. >> it's been a huge concern. specifically when you look at the area that the alexandria/arlington border over mt. vernon avenue past delray. that's heavily latino and that population is concerned about eventuly beingrice out. they're seeing rents already skyrocket and you add to that a greater demand for fol making $150,000 plus a year, that will compromise the positionre currently in and holding on to the homes they have. >> lots of anxiety. plenty of it to go around. another thinghat caused anxiety here is the weather. 2018 is officially the wettest

here in washington. breaking record set more than a century ago. will this wet pattern continue and how might that play out in the months to come? check, we've not only seen record 'rrain, seeing warm weather for december. >> december will go down. there will be threes monis calendar year that will have been colder than average. november wasone, mar was one and may was one. the warmth -- we'll be about a degree and a half abo t average fo year in total which isn't crazy warm, it's still one of our top five or six warmest years on record but the real amazing partea about this has been the rainfall. it just has not just been a an time record breaker but we've broken the record on fewer rainy days. we've hadr 30 feiny days than the old record we broke. that means not only will we get the rainy days, we've had 23 days that have had more than inch of rain on a single day.

hat's an all-time record for heavy precipitation days so it's come down in buckets and the folks inic et city hard hit again with flooding. the hurricane season did aer nun north carolina and florida once again with heavy rain events. wilmington, north carolina, over 101 inches of rain for the yearm 25 in just a one-week period with hurricane but even without that rain they still would have broken their annual rainfall record so the rainfall has been something and that's something -- obviously it's climate change related. the warmer atmosphere can hold more wat vapor and make more rain so there is a correlation. no one year says that's climate change. but these type of record we ar breaking 10 record high for every one record low we break and these rainfl records keep falling over and over and over again. >> so do we expect more of this extreme weather, threatening

weather? >> well, our old friend the polar vortex is showing s wobbling our direction in january. that doesn't tend to be a wet pattern, it tends to be cold and cold doesn't have a tendency to have moisture with it so i think we'll get a break from the intense amount of rain in the early parts of the year. this could lead to a better chance forsnow. we had our earliest inch of snow in more than 30 years this past november so that was an interesting thing for >> and people are hoping for more. >> this one in particular i know. we haven't had a big snow event since january of 2016 blizzard. it's been a long tine c and the other thing that's been interesting, onlyix times in 140 years has march been colder than february and now we've done in the back-to-back years so we'll see if we do three aears in row with march colder than

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getting the money. they're saying tany don't to tax that because they're worried about creating an addiction for folks who like onlineis betting. would be in-person races. they say when you hav folks in a social environment, they could generate revenue on the alcoholm co, the food consumed in that environment as well. ng they're hoping this could lead to somet that would be more sustainable and not feed in their mind a basement addiction that somebody might be going after. >> and they're following dwh. h last week became the first jurisdiction to allow online sports betting -- betting at sports venues. is there an appetite for? >> there's absolutely an appetite. you have folks going just across the river to mgm or the district perhaps soon, even into west virginia and places where they feel like they can have access to this. it's not clear w therel be immediate desire from the general assembly to allow for this. i think there's concern this couldd l way to perhaps other

issues within the commonwealth and as of now it seems le this is a start. the gop still controls things so we'lliree what t take is on it. the neral assembly reconvenes on january 9 with epublicans controlling bot houses but democrats have made gains so some of the other bills that -- some of the bills that stand out this session, there is a bill to ban discrimination in housing. tell us about that. >> what's interesting is there's alady certainrotections when it comes to discriminatory housing laws. this would streamline things and allow for civil action to be taken against a landlord or somebody who is refusing to rent to an individua and it would allow this to go right to the attorney general who could then take this civil action. also, it's interesting to point out there are protections when it comes to afford sable housin

which is a big concern when it comes to amazon.an they wt those protections in early enough to help people who may not be able toor a a kos of living in certain t areasbe able to do so and have the law back them up. >> there are also bills to tighten gun laws. w oneld require a person who lawfully possesses a firearm to report loss or theft and the other would prohibit anyone who is not a licensed dealer frome buying mhan one in a 30-day period. >> we know how gun laws go over in the commonwealth o virginia. they are veryfi diflt to pass and that's not just within the southwestern portion of the st e. that's commonwealth-wide that we see this pushback. what's interesting about this one with regards to reporting theft or loss you would think who wouldn't report their gun being stolen and does it happen that often? i covered a string of firea thefts in loudoun county in the past year and a half where people would leave them in their vehicles, unlocked cars, under the car or in their homes unlocked and they're taken

quickly and they're valuable ank sold qui on the street. one of the biggest weather storhes for us was flood in ellicott city. >> twice in two years. they say a thousand year flood, housand yearhave a flood twice in two years. it's about statistical probabilities. it's not every thousand years you get it, it's just that the's a .1% chance of that happening in a given year, that's a thousand-to-one odd. so that's where that thousand-year flood thingomes from. ellicott city is in a bad spot a graphically and they put lot of construction on the top of the hill above ellicott city. and so now you have an impermeable surface, paved concrete andll that so the amount of water that runs dow main street is a far greater volume of water than it was whe it was a grassy hillside above it. the city i council having issues with do we allow businesses to rebuild again and again and again or do we then have to maybe have flood doors

like on the front of all those main things, you would to have like storm shutters in hurricanes, would you have to have a flooreproof door w in case of emergency they could say slide it sthout kehut to keep t building from being undercut. this is a tricky situation. there's issues everywhere but ellicott city is a classic example of the urbanization of rural areas making flash flooding an even more serious threat. so i don't know what the best answer there is. beautiful real estate, there's a lot of competing interest. >> a story we will continue to follow. ygentlemen, thank you v much. and thank you for being with us, i'm pat lawson muse ws 4 today continues.

at 6:30, welcome in to news 4 today. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm david culver. >> you did a great job on reporters notebook. you did tt lie,t was action packed. >> we were just missing lauryn ricketts and we'll get her in the next one forsure. >> lauryn, are you up? >> chuck had it, this is -- melissa did it the other day. >> you're next. >> i -- adam, you weren't here yesterday but tommy did a on champagne. that's more my speed. >> champagne and football. >> champagne and footballnd the eagles are taking on the redskins and if you are headed to the game, it will be nice and dry. temperatures will top out in the mid to upperer0s today. we nearing 60 degrees. we are looking at clear skies. the sunoming up at 7:24 and

you can see we have temperatures for the 30s, low 40s in wa wington right now as go over the next 12 hours, temperatures will top out in the mid to upper 40s. fairly nice and dry but rain o the way. we'll time it out on new year's eve coming up. >> thank you very much. see you in a bit. >> we wano tell you about a mother brutally murdered in kville church this has taken the area by storm. the man charged in the crime is her son. >> incredibly disturbing. his name i kevin justin mcguigan. he's charged with h stabbing mother to death last night. darcyer speas more on the tragedy stun ago community. ter: she was the mother of three and a breast cancer survivor. now her 21-year-old son i accused of stabbing her to death.th priest asked for prayers for the family during afternoon es serv >> such a wonderful parish,

we've been members for a long time and it's a great ighborhood so very olshocking. >>e say jacqueline mcguigan's body was found in front of the church after wi witnesses heard screaming and saw her son kevin standing over her. police say he got away in a car th was abandoned. he was found saturday morning. family members describe muigan as a positive person who worked in sales and was the rock of her family. they can't believe she died in such a violent way. allegedly at the hands of her own son. >> i'm a mother of a 25-year-old and we all as parents feel we can be safe as the ones who supposedly love us most, our family. >> reporter: mcguigan is being held without bond on a first degree murder charge. in rockville, darcy spencer, ws 4.

6:33, staying on top of a deloping story o of reston, virginia. fairfax county police need your help trying to track down a suspected hit-and-run driver believed respoible for killing a 16-year-old boy. >> this happened at south lakes drive at r castlek square. some witnesses say the teenager had just gotten off the bus and was crossing the street when he was hit. the driver didn't stop and policeon't have muc information about the driver. theyay thear involved should ha all new, a maryland man facing charges after a deadly multivehicle crash in new yorty police say sherman harrison of upper marlboro crashed into several cars in the tribeca neighborhood. one ofhe cars flipped and caught on fire. while officials were trying to put out the fire, they found a woman unconscious inside. harrisson according to police tried to flee the scene but was

arrested. he isl facing sevearges, including manslaughter. the partial shutdown of the federal government has now entered its second week and an end to the stalemate doesn't appear to be close. likely to linger into the new year, t presidemp meantime remains in washington instead of taking a planned vacation to florida. meanwhile, thousands of federal employees are trying to make en meet without paychecks. chris pollone has the latest. >> reporter: the shutdown is in its second week and president trump is blaming democrats. saturday blamingot them for giving him 10 votes in the senate to build a wall along the southern border when his party controlled three branches of government. the presidentemanded more than $5 billion in a new spending bill for a border wall which enuld have kept the gover open. >> we gave them our most recent offer. we came down off of our $5 billion. >> sources say nbc news would acce a compromis of $2.5 billion but democrats insisted

building a new wall a the border won't happen and aides for democratic house leader nancy pelosi say the white house hasn't reached o to her since december 11. still, both sides know how high the stakes are in thi shutdo showdown. >> it will hurt our economy. whatsoever. sense >> reporter: democrats and republicans calculating voters will blame the other side for the third government shutdown this ye, meaning a solution might not come until after the new year when democrats take control of the house. chris pollone, nbc news. meantime, active duty uambers of the u.s. coast are in danger of getting their paychecks late because of apa rtial shutdown. members will be paid for work done before but they could see a delay in future checks. they're the only branch of the military in danger of not getting paid due to being funded by the department of homeland secu gty. a coastrd spokesperson says financial assistance is available for those who need it through a relief society. about 15% of the district struggle to put

food on the table. the government shutdownaking things worse for a lot of families. folks who have been receiving governmente assistao provide food to their families can still receive the money despite the shutdown. thats incluograms like wic or the supplemental nutrition assistance program, snap. federal workers who won't receivehoack payd and can apply for unemployment until the government reopens. >> t might be that push because they can't afford to feed their families. so we want to make sure people understand this is an option for you. people need to be fed. nonprofits and pri companies are working to provide financial assistance to many federal workers. you can search "shutdown" in the nbc washington app. one womas journey is going to give you hope going into the new year. claudia martinez has been working for years to become a . doct when she turned 20 she was told

she had a rare brain malformation. that impacted her vion, speech, and coordination. over the past seven years she's had sixra major surgeries while pushing through med school. >> my experience as a patient has definitely provided me with an education with an experience that i would have not gotten in medical school. >> claudia wil likel be a patient for life but she's also going to be a doctor. she'll be graduating from mcgovern medical school in houston next fall with honors. 6:38 is your time. t live look union n.stat lauryn ricketts tracking even warmer temperatures as we entered 2019. ♪

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sunny skies, another dry day but not as warm as yesterday. temperatures will be making it into the mid to upper 40s. weave some rain on the way so we'll talk about that in a few minutes but right now, let's talk to chuck. coming up on "meet the press," the climate crisis. the evidence is everywhere, th science i settled but the politics is not. climate-related disasters, from wildfires to more intense storms, extreme rain events ande floods,lready a serious threat and getting worse and costing us millions. rising temperatures are hitting the u.s. economy with billions of losses. in a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll, trds of americans believe action is globalnow to address climate change. but the federal response to the climate crisis has been political paralysis and in some corners pure denial. we'll talk to o a panel experts to help us understand the challenge of climate change and the challenge ong gethe government to do something about it. i'll sit down with former new york city mayor michael bloomberg and calgoornia

rnor jerry brown both of whom have been on the front lines dealing with climate ge ch that's all ahead on "meet the press." you can catch this special episod "meet the press" at 10:30 right after another editionf news 4 today. well, 2018 almostt over, was a turbulent year that saw several natural disasters coast to coastol andical turmoil in d.c. >> jay gray takes a look back at the many headlines in 2018. >> didn't expect that reaction but that's okay. [ laughter ] it's been a year of the unexpected, unpredictable and in some cases unbearable. wind, water and flames cut a devastating path across theun cotry in 2018. mudslides and fires out west, the cp blaze swallowing the town of paradise, dozens were killed in the deadliest wildfire in california history. >> extreme isn't theight add

jek -- right adjective to use. >> reporter: an explosion on the big island fuelled lava that flowed for months. in missouri 17 tourists drowned in a duck boat accident. deadly hurricanes ripped thacro southeast. >> this is something we have not seen before. >> reporter: florence stalling, s.ooding the caroli michael surging to a category four storm. the strongest hurricane ever to hit the panhandle. a storm of controversy continued to build in washington, from president trump's meetings with north carolina president kim jong-un and russian leader vladimir putin to trade battles with long-standing u. allies. saudi arabia and its crown prince ordering the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. president trump a turning a blind eye. while the political fight at home was over congress, theat

demo party grabbing control of the house, republicans holding on to their majority in the senate on a history-making night that saw more than 100 women, a record number, women congressional seatseat s. along the tborder, str immigration separated families before thete house reversed the policy. there was an emotional showdown of the newest supreme court justice brettkavanaugh. the administration celebrated his eventual confirmation and and what the white house called "other important wins" including a restructured nta trade deal, a strong market and economy and unemployment numbers reaching 50-year lows. washington did set asidets partisan bickering briefly to say a heart felt and emotional good-bye to former president george h.w. bush. the world cheered the olympic on in south ompeti korea but the biggest sports victory of the year came far

fr the playing field. trapped in a cave for more than a week with floodwaters rising, 12 players and the coach of a youth soccer tea in thailand pulled to safety. kids were pulled into the streets of the aption'sol and cities across the country mourning friends loss and dending change. it's time for victims to be the cnge that we need to see.ep >>ter: as gunfire again ripped through schools across the country. 17 killed in parkland, florida, 10red at a high school in santa fe, texas. shots rang out on more thanwo dozen campuses. and inside the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh where 11 worshippers were killed. 12 were gunned down during college night at the bar and grill in thousand oaks, california, and five people were dot and kil while working at a community newspap in annapolis, maryland. >> they loved us and we love them. we a tight family in there. >> reporter: a family refusing to be cast as victims.

the me too movement saw a hollywood power broker arrested and once beloved superstar convicted of sexual assault. while an actress took on a new historic role. american meghan markleng prince harry. the couple announcing five months later the duchess is expecting as the world now looks to the expectation of a new year. jay bcgray, news. you saw that royal wedding right there. we'vwn got our big wedding to celebrate. well, it happened a year ago. lauryn ricketts, this is her first wedding anniversary. >> you're marrieid whenhis happen? >> oh, my gosh! i don't know aboutthat! >> a picture there the big day. >> producer alan surprising you with tt. he said "i have a surprise for you." i thought it was a 3:45ag pa >> eric sent this into us. >> i'm going cry.

>> i'm trying to give you redit, eric, remember you did that >> zero chance he's up right no thank you for that, g rkthat, g. >> a year goes by fast, right? >> it flew by and i keep telling him we made it. we're there. >> i have 10 yearli i can't e that happened. >> 10 years? >> 10. 10. david will get there someday. someday. >> your little dog is cute. >> her names couzi. >> i love couzi. >> this is in danger of going off the rails real quick. >> big game at fedex today. go birds! eagles areings lose, in the playoff. >> i need the vikings to get that win and i w need us to over the eagles so it will be a nice day for it and if we win eagles don't go and the vikings do. >> and adam is crying. so we'llee what happens with that. >> how many philly fans are showing up today? >> a lot. but if you're showing up and you're a redskins fan, this is

ber you. temperatures wiln the mid-40s. our capitol camera, we have clear skies, we'll go partly cloudy but really beautiful view. so partly sunny for today, sky cover not quite as bold and beautiful as yesterday with those blue skies and today is t goinbe cooler as well. yesterday made it to 58 degrees. monday we have wet showers -- wet and some showers out there. for tuesday mild and y. rain should be out of here for new year's day and by wednesday we cool down atl l bit and we're dry before more rain arrives by the time we head into friday. 41 in washington, 32 in winchend winchester and cooler out there today. average temperature forme this of year is 44 degreeso a little above normal. but, again, still dry out therer as far as y weekend activities are concerned, traveling, we have some rain to the south down through georgia.

if you're taking decorations down, nice and dry out there me , again, the redskins sunny with temperatures in the mid-40s. no rain right now. a few light snow showers into west virginia. it may be a flurry. i don't think we'll see much out of that. that moisture stops at the mountains but all of this rain down here in the deep south is going to be moving into the d.c. area, an area of low pressure wille moving out of the arkansas area and right up into the ohio valley and that will push rain into our region beginning tomorrow so we have showers throughout tomorrow, mainly in the afternoon. rain will arrive through the morning. 51 degrees. we're just talking about plain rain that rain continue us there new year's eve night so if you have plans to head out, possibly dinner, heading out after midnight,be temperatures wil mild and steady around 50 degrees but we have showers throughout the t.overni finally ending by new year's day

morning so, again, here we go. 9:00 p.m. on sunday. we're dry. so we go through the morning on monday. if you're commuting rain will be moving inorhrough theng commute. everybody will be wet by noon and showers. t raining thehole time but periods of showers through your tuesday and sorry, into your monday and through tuesday night. to stoppin this at12:30, we have showers at the stroke of midnight in 2019 and we dry out as we get through tuesday morning. temperatures soar on new year's day. new year's day won't be that bad. st rain will be done by the time we wake up. plenty of temperatures back into themid-40s and thursday and friday we're in the mid-40s. we have a f chance rain showers possibly moving in late thursday night and continuing throughhe day iday. right now saturday and sunday look dry and then we have anothe chance of rain as we get into tuesday.

>> what better try surprise a local group than to present a ch pk after they of "a christmas carol." frat happened at ford theater during ay's matinee. a couple pictures taken. homeless children's playpr time ect received a more than 00 00 check. the theater hands out these checks every year and it's always a surprise to the charity that's selected. atthe t has done this for ten years and raised more than $835,000 for local charities. good for them. >> i saw that last thar. put on a great performance. big changes to the 2018 tax law could put re money in your cket. >> is that right? but charities could take a big ant. susan hog is working for you with what you need to know about filing your tax this is year. >>lo as we getr to the end

of the year we rummage through our closet to find clothes and things to donate for that big tax writeoff but that will change for an estimated 21 million americans. doing good is its own reward. tax deductions for charitable contributions does help shaveff money of our tax bills if we etemize instead of taking standard deduction but under the new t cuts and jobs act, that threshold is tougher to clear.at th's because the standard deduction has nearly doubled. >> the standard deduction has gone up for a married couple ant's $24,000 for 2018, for individual it's $12,000. >> reporter: so comeax time if you don't have more than that to write off, you're better offer taking the standard deduction and it makes life easier without having to hold t on those receipts. of course, you still can donate a chariithout getting a tax break. ou still reap the

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re's what we're following for you. breaking overnight. police in prince george's county working to track down a killer after a deadly shooting o the streets. in virginia, a driver running over andng kil a o-year-old then taking off. the latestn the search for the driver. wizards.a tough break for the their fears nfirmed. all-star point guard johnall t for the season because of a foot injury. we'll have the details on at. t first, welcome in on this sunday morning. thank you for being here. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm david culver, the last week end in 2018. a busy sunday. let's check in with lauryn ricketts who is dialing up ada nice sisn't that right? >> sun comingp at 7:26. this morning we've got partly

cloudy to mostly clear skies depending on where you are and temperatures not that bad. we're taking them throu 40s as we head through noon hou and mid to upper 40s throughout t afternoon. it won't happen on the radar in our area however if you zoom out, we ar talking about rain from north carolina down through the carolas intoeorgia and the deep south. an area of low pressure will move into the ohio valley bringing us rain for tomorrow. we are followi some breaking news from overnight. police in prince george's county looking into a deadlysh ting. take a look. this was the scene on taylor avenue in ft.wa ington. officers showing up to a reported shooting after they found a man with a gunshot wound but it was too late to save him. investigators are working to figure out what ledp to that

shooting. no suspects have been named. and the this developing story out of reston, virginia, fairfa n countyd your help. they're trying to track down a hit-and-run drive believed responsible for killing a 16-year-old boy. >> it happened at castle rock square. witnesses say the teenager had ju gotten o the bus and was crossing the street when he was hit. the driver didn't s rp andht now police don't have a lot of information. >> the only information we have right now is that it was a sedan that was thetriking vehicle. we have no color, we have no other information on the vehicle at this time. >> police say the car involved should have front end damage. all new, a maryland man facing charges after a deadly fiery multivehicle crash up in new york city. police sayrm s harrison of upper marlboro crashed into several cars yesterday mning in tribeca neighborhood. one of the cars flipped over and caught on fire.

as firefighters trying to put out the blaze, they discovered an unconscious woman inside the r. she was pronounced dead. ccrrison,ording to police, tried to flee thecene but was later arrested. he was taken to the hospital and is facing charges including man slaughter. we're learninge m about the brutal murder of a mother in front of her rockville church. police say kevin justin mcguigan stabbed his mother to death friday night at st. rafael catholic church. that i say jqueline mcguigan's body was found after witnesses heard her screami h and son standing over her. ay was arrested at a rockville gas station yeste morning. >> a horrible tragic family situation. >> i'm a mother of a 25-year-old and i think that we all as parents feel like we can be safe around those that supposedly

love us most, our family. >> jacqueline has two oer children, she was a breast cancer survivor. her family members described her as a positive person who was the rock of her family. police say a suspicious death is a homicide in prince george's county and they need your help if you have any information. they say before noon yesterday officers responded to evans trail in beltsville. they sound a man inside a car dead. police are working to figure out how he died. new developments in the case of a pregnant woman set on fire in prince gege's county. second man won't be facing charges here. according to our news partners at op prosecutors dropped charges against jonathan edward miller on friday.ot it'slear why the charges were dropped but last week a jury acquitted la quinn fill wloi -- phillips who had been charged with attacking andrea shgreenwi. delivered her baby early and suffered severe buhas. >> if yo our nbc

washington app then you have a heads up on this as soon as it was happening yesterday terrifying moments at bwi. paramedics were helping a woman with a medical situation get off of a southwest flight. airport officials say that's when there was an issue with the equipment on the movable connector to the airport terminal to the plane. the flight arrived at bwi from the dominican republic. witnesses describe t incident as trau matic >> about two seconds after she walked out there was aoud crash. it was traumatic and everybody rushed to the front of the and the light attendants were nobody ase sit down, knew what was going on. >> those six people were taken to nearby hospitals. they're expected to reenver. the inc remains under investigation. several fire companies had no band together to attack a two alarm fire upper marlboro.

flames wer shooting fromhe roof of b & k rental at old rlboro pike. portions of the structure did collapse. the damage is estimated to be about $1.5 million. prince george's county county fire was helped out by other counties and d.c. fire. so far, no word on a cause. wre going to keep you in prince george's county county where there's back around forth over a medical marijuana dispensary. some protesters, including those from connect church held signs on allentown way in camp springs. connect church used to be located there. the churc put up a summer day camp just across the street. prince george's county prohibits medical cannabis dispensaries from being within 500 feet of certain places such as churches and day cares. the pastor says the camp is 300 feet away which makes its violate that policy. >> something is going on at the county level that we need to get

to the bottom of. church leaders say prince george's county has not stepped up and pulled the dispensary's permit. we are a day away fromew year's eve. you want to be safe if you're heading out. as we head towd the end of the year, a reminder not to drink and drive. the washington regiogal alcohol m in partnership with lyft will offer rides for those looking to get s aroundely during the holiday. the sober ride program runs from 8:00 at night to 4:00 in the moing new new ar's day and this holiday searn ove 400 providedes have been >> a tough blow for the washington wizards. theyl play the rest of the season without john wall.te r consulting with a speciast, wall will have surgery on his left field. the recovy is expected to take between six and eight monthse bt wizards, they won their game lastight to 126. they're back atsome thi

wednesday taking on the atlanta hawks. som familiar faces set to play for college football's national ampionship. you might know all about this. clemson routed notre dame and dallas yesterday. they won 30-3. tough one for the irish for sure. they earned a spot in the national championship. meantime, in alabama and miami, alabama jumped out to an ear lead against oklahoma and the oners could never catch up there. that means clemson and alabama once againacing off for a national championship, this is the third time in four years, the game is set for mon night. there will be people in the news 4 newsroom who are interested. >> a lot of people with ties. 7:ou is yr time on this sunday. "for sale" signs started popping up in parts of northern virginia as soon as amazon announced it was coming to town. you'll hear from real estate experts on how the newte

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welcoback, it seems the company many of us relied on fog holidayts is behind a recent spike in home sales. we are talking about amazon. new numbers show amazon's hq 2 announcement sparked an immediate rush to buy. >> the question is how long will this last? i met with real estate experts in northern vsginia t past week. they explain how old amazon is changing the market before the new headquartersen ed. late fall into winter typically chills down the housing market. >> hello, welcome. this is one of our stage properties. >> this year, during what is generally the slow season, susan iser working ovme staging houses to feel like homes. >> there's definitely an amazon

effect. >> susan said me she initially only had one home scheduled until november . amazon choosing crystal city for one of its campuses and susas phonetarted ringing. >> we staged about a dozen homes in >>november. he immediate impact of the hq 2 announcement in northern virginia? homes for sale goi quicklyff the market. according to the real estate web site dcurbanturf, this november saw22 homes go under krat contr in national landing, a 63% increase. >> we had two listingshat were priced appropriately but were not getting much traction oror offers for than a month and within days of the amazon announcement they had multiple offers and they both sold at or above list price i. >> takeing over the domain amazonrealestategroup.com, katie

has learned from groups across the country. >> we had a client from california dating a rental property looking here and arlington because o amazon. >> but she and other real estate expexps don'tt that surge to continue. george mason's steven fuller institute stressed the impact would beroispersed our region and would occur over several years. as our digital team found pout, not everyone praising the booming real estate market check out our nbc washington app, search hq and you'll learn about the resident worse reed about losing their homes. and amazon's footprint keeps going. thompany announcing a record-breaking holiday season this week with more orders worldwide than ever before. amazon did not specifyny a sales numbers but it said one billion items were shipped this past -- shipped wh prime in the united states. it also says tens of millions of new customers signed u for

prime by free trial and paying membership. what was everyone buying? top sellersncluding amazon devices like the new echo dot as well as lol surprise dolls and bose noise reduction headphones. lol surprise dolls? >> do you have one? >> i would like to tell you know, but in many house that is the big, big toy. you would not believe these lol surprise dolls. so gotn echo dot so i'm right on that list. >> amazon listens to everything. >> they're eavesdropping. >>a! al >> you just woke them up. let's give you a live look tside is right now. a mild start, a little hazy. we have lauryn ri [screamickng & yelling] ♪

i'm sorry, i don't understandaking german) ♪ ♪ >> five, four, three, two, one, happew year! >> they weren't early, they're just rehearsing. new york city is getting ready for new year's eve inimes uare. everything is rehearsed, even the confetti. hundreds gathered to see it fall through the air in anticipation i that00 pounds of confe will be released in the new year. this yethe cone fetconfetti wil include thousands of w individuals who submitted them. i like that. i've never had the desire to stand there, especially when it's sometimes five degrees. >> and you have to wear adult diapers because you can't go

anywyore. >> thank david, people are eating breakfast. nicely done. >> i would do the rehearsal. i'm a big fan ofthat. more my speed. as we inch closer to the start of 2019, we're looking back at stories and videos that put a smile on your facend maybe made you laugh. >> here's rafaelp s with the lighter side. >> reporter: we sing the praises of 2018. wit aas y and downs. >> oh! >> reporter: and some ups that . felt like dow [ screaming ] one up was this new jersey father and son celebrating the boy's release from the hospitali or two-year-old discovering his ball magically comes back. most days of 2018 probably went ke any other. you awoke to the sound oou alarm clock, got dressed to impress and had a healthy

breakfast. but don't get deputy brian bon started on the commute. >> come on, grandpa, got places to be. >> reporter: hopefully he's not trying to get to the the the crime where the break in is wrong but the moves are so right. check out these expert fetchers at the ouampion'sament in london and notice how benny the hockey dog manages to stay out of the penalty box despite roughing. [ dog barking ] experts say animals will help ep your blood pressurelow. >> stop, please. >> reporter: but bears are keening your car insurance rates high. >> there's a bear on my car. >> reporter: so for n year's resolutions, take the stairs to stay healthy. sometimes th stairs take you. to reduce your carbon footprint, try c echinatg on the nbc news. >> one of thosetori lke

veryn'intestin g. recommend that, by the az dy, and they were -- wasn't he on like 695. >> iwas on betting road. he's very lucky he wasn't getting hurt. >> 15 years old, right? >> yes, 15. >> i was out during those stories but -- >> thanks for wching those stories, lauryn. folks have plans to go out new year's eve. >> you want to hang out. >> are you- with your kids? >> no, with us. we should be hanging out. >> with your kids. >> sorry, don't you want to hang out with my kids. >> you kids are fine. >> we do london time. >> a we going out? is that what is happening? >> that's what i was trying to start the conversation. >> i'm not doing this. >> we'll talk about it. >> forget it, lauryn. >> you guysill be asleep.

>> you're a night owl. >> we do decide to go out, bring your umbrella because it will be we on new year's eve. not cold, just wet, temperatures will be arod 50 degrees and always this time of year we're talking about freezing rain or ike that. plain rain on your new year's eve and that will lead into new year's day. no rain today. it will be aif bea sunrise. that sun coming up at 7:26 if we can see it. we have cloud cover out there. and we may have a few flurries trying to make their way through the isarea. ths probably evaporating before it hits the ground so maybe a snowflake or two through the early morning but that's it. you can see that's moving out of no issues expected from that and no travel issues. if you're headed to the north towards new york you have snow and rain through the carolinas to'r atlanta so if y flying into atlanta you may have some delays around there. low pressureea of just down around arkansas and

that is going to move into the ohio valley bringing some rain with it for tomorrow but we're dry out there today so as far as your weatheruestions are concerned, will that monday morning commute be wet? not in the morning. in the evening, yes for those who head r headed back to w wor. have steady rain monday afternoon? no. it won't be raining the who time. we'll have showers to deal with forndonday afternoon evening but we are dry as w continue into new year's day so looking better for new year's day and warm. today a little cold compared to yesterday. yesterday made it to 58. grab those sunglasses, you may need themut there. you can leave winter gear at home ara temres are going to be in the low to mid-40s. 4mid to upps this afternoon but with dry conditions.

tomorrow we're in0he lows and rain arrives through the morning, showers through the afternoon and into the evening but look as the temperatures as we bring in 2019. we'll have temperatures r50r7ar 50 degrees. everybody will be wet by noon tomorrow and then showers throughout the afternoon and evening so if you have dinneran bring that umbrella and even later on tomorrow night as we head int 2019 we'd still have rain but that's gone by daybreak on your tuesday morning and those temperatures soar. look at this. 63 degrees on new year's day. it will be a nice day. wednesday we have sunshine, thursday we have cloud cover. rain thursday night into friday rain thursday night into friday but

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a hotel firing two employees after the workers told an african-american guest to leave. the hotel in portland, oregon, apologized for the incident. jermnne matthew was the hotel lobby on the phone talking to his mom. he recorded what happened and posted it on immediate is. ya -- on social media. a white security guard said he was a threat and asked him to leave. >> why did that guy think he had the prerogative to him, to throw him out, to call the police? >> theotel says an outside

party will conduct an investigation into the incident. >> the goats, right? >> goat yeah, a story about goats, this is a good one. now that cistmas has come and gone, you have to tackle decorations, which includes the tree. t in pennsylvania there's an alternative. you can turn the tree into a snack for goats. >> wow. >> it's an addiction recovery if facility that takes the trees, feeds the trees to their goats on the farms t and trees are a natural dewormer for the goats. and once the goat strips the trees bare, they make further use of the wood. >> you're from philly so you guys -- is it tradition you could do? >> for goats? i've never seen a goat outside of a zoo. >> pennsylvania, adam, you are missing out. >> now i know what to do with my christmas tree. let's take you outside for a wheel is for thoseho are

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witnesses say they saw a 21-year-old man standing over his bleeding mother outside a montgomery county church. this morning he's charged with her murder. more than ao week int a

partial government shutdown and all appears to be in a holdingp ern on capitol hill. washington gets ready to greet a new congress. and with no clear end, federal workers are forced to go without a paycheck. at r7:31,e and shine sleepy heads. thank you so much for being here. i'm adam tuss and look who they brought in here. >> i know. good morning, i'm david culver. we'll end your 2018 weekend show. >> unrelievable w looking into 2019. i'm trying to work out plans with lauryn because she says she doesn't want to hang out with me for the new year. >> she threw the invite out and then kind of rescinded it. >> when did i throw the invite out? >> we've got it on tape. >> i love you, lauryn. >> i'll hang out witou guys. i know you need me to have fun. if you want my pleasure of my company then maybe, may i'll think about it but i have to

pencil you in. ngs to do >> we'll talk to your people. >> yeah, talk to my scheduler. and talk to mother nature. we'll have rain on new year's eve so everybody should think about having the umbrella with you as we ring in 2019. it looks like it will rain out the this morning. we have cloud cover on this sunday morning. temperatures 41. we'll top out in the mid to upper 4saterer on throughout the afternoon and there could be a little flurry here or there. this is evaporaing before it hits the ground. for tomorrow that's a different storig we have a warmup on the way. wait until you see these temperates on that forecast. meantime, a mother brutally murdered i front of a rockville church and the man charged in

her crime is her son. we can show you what he looks like. this is kevin justin mcguigan, he is charged with smobbing his er to death. darcy spencer has more on the story that is shocking community. >> reporter: she was the mother of three and a breast cancer survivor. w her 21-year-old son is accused of stabbing her to death just outside st. ralphael's catholic church. the priest asked for prayers during afternoon services. >> such a wonderful peri fful p. rswe've been m for a long time. it's a great neighborhood. >> reporter: police say jacqueline mcguigan's bodyfo wa d in front of the church after witnesses heard screaming and saw her son kevin standing over her. police s he got away in her car which was later fou abandoned. he was arrested at a gas station in rockville saturday morning. >> this is a horrible tragic situation. il >> reporter: fy members describe mcguigan has a positive

person who worked in sales and was the rock of her family. they can't believe she died in such aay violent allegedly at the hands of her own son. >> i'm a motherf a 25-year-old and ill think we as parents feel like we could be safe from ound those that supposedly love us most. >> reporter: mcgig ban -- mcgui is being held without bond on a first degree murder charge. we're staying on top of a developing story out of reston, virginia. fairfax county police need your help. they're trying to track down a suspected hit-and-run driver believed responsible for killing a 16-year-old boy. >> this happening on south lakes drive at castle rock square. some witnesses say the teenager and ust gotten off the bus was crossing the street when he was hit and the driver didn't stop. polih don't have m information about the driver but they stay car involved should

have some front end damage to it. all new, a maryland man cing charges after a deadly and fiery multivehicle crash in new york city. police say srirman hn of upper marlboro crashed into several cars in the tribeca neighborhood. look what happened to one of the cars. it flipped over and caught on fire. whfficials were putting out the fire, they found a woman unconscious. the man triedo get away. he was taken to the hospital and faces chargesng inclu manslaughter. time 17:35. the partial shutdown of federal government has entered its second week and an end to the stalemate doesn't be close. president trump remains in washington instead of taking a planne vacation t florida. thousands of federal employees ends area trying to make meet without paychecks. utris pollone has the latest.

>> reporter: the wn is in president week and trump is left tweeting about democrats absent movement between the two sides, saturday blaming them for not giving him 10enotes in thee to build the wall along the southern border in the past year when his rty controlled all three branches of government. the president demanded more than $5 billionew in a spending bill for a border wall which would have kept the government open. >> we gave them our most recent offer. we down off of our $5 billion offer. >> reporter: sources tell nbc news, the president would accept a compromise of $22 $2.5 billiot democrats insist money for building a wall won happennd nancy pelosi says the white house hasn't reached out to her since december 11. still, both sides know how high the stakes are in this shutdown showdown >> it will hurt our economy. it makes no sense whatsoever. >> reporter: democrats and republicans calculating voters will blame the other side for the third government shutdown this year, meaning a solution may not come until after the new year whenon democrats takeol

of the house. chris pollone, nbc news. meantime,ut active members of the u.s. coast guard are in dangeof getting their paychecks late because of the members will be paid for work done before the shutdown but they can see a -- a coa spokesperson says financial assistance is available for those who need it through a relisociety. about 15% of households in the districttrgle to put food on the table. the government shutdown only makes things worse for a lot of families. folks who have been receiving government assistance to provide fo to their families can still receive the money despite the shutdown. that includes programs like wic or the supplemental nutrition assistance program also known as snap. the director of the d.c hunger solutions says federal workers who wo should and can apply for unemployment until the government reopens. >> this might be that push t

becausy can't afford to feed their s familie people need to understand this is an option for you. people need to be fed. >> there are a bunch of folks trying to help out.ve you nonprofits and private companies working to financial assistance for federal workers. our digital team laying out those optns for you. go to the nbc washington app and search shutdown. one woman's journey will give you hope going into the new year. claudia martinez has been working for years to become a doctor but when she turned 20 she was told she had a rare brain malformation. that impacted her speech and her coordination and over the past seven years's s had six major brainge ses but she did it while pushing through med >> my experience as a patient has provided me with an education and an experience they woulhave otherwise not got in medical school. claudia is likel going to

be a patient for life but she'll also be a. doct she's set to graduate from mcgovern medical school in houston next fall and she'll do it with honors so never give up. es big pil of presents under the tree means big piles of trash by the curb a few days later. but if you're not careful, your curb side trash could turn into a tempting wish list for thieves. shomari stone spoke with police about

a lot of decluttering going on, gets boxes and wrappin paper out of the house. it can make you a target for thee >> shomari stone talked to police and one man who put himself at risk. >> we love putting the decorations out here.

>> reporter: clark's festive house with santa claus, storm troopers and reindeer is popular in montgomery county. but the 65-inch sony tv box could also attract crooks, for the wrong reasons. he put it out on the curb for trashllection. >> we definitely made the mistake by making oselves a target. >> reporter: thieves could steal his joy like thein gr, leaving him shaking in anger like this a snowman. >> e have suspects who dri through neighbors looking to see what kind of items are put out. >> reporter: pbrice recommend eaking down the box or removing it. >> you're advertising what's in your home. >> reporter: that's what clark is doing. >> probably next step thanks to you will be taking it inside, mayb come out when i bring it out in the morning when i see thege gar truck come by.

>> reporter: so he can continue to have -- >> happyli ys. >> reporter: to you, clark. if you have a big-ticket box like this, cut it down, p in the a recycling bin or take it to a facility. in montgomery county, shomari stone, news 4. >> good tips. i likeolhe bear on his shirt, too. >> very festive. >> good luck, shomari. time is 7:43. the sun is coming up, trust us, it's just behind the clouds. laur will tell usyn ♪ whoa! the mercedes-benz winter event is back and you won't want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho! lease the c 300 sport sedan for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer.

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2018 was a turbulent year that saw several natural disasters coast to coast and political turmo in d.c. >> jay gray takes a look back at the headlines from 2018. >> didn't expec that reaction but that's okay. [ laughter ] ofreporter: it's been a year the unexpected, unpredictable and, in some cases, unbearable. wind, water, and flames cu s cu devastating path across the country in 2018. the cam blaze swallowing the town of paradise, dozens were killed in the deadliest wildfire in california history. >> extreme isn't the right adjective to use. it's an understatement because fire is so explosive in

california. >> reporter: a volcanic explosion on hawaii's big island fuelled rivers of lava that flowed for months. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: in missouri, summer storms sank a duc boat 17 tourists drowned in the accident. deadly hurricanes ripped across the southeast. >> this something that we have not seen before. >> reporter: florence stalling, flooding the carolinas. michael surging to a category four storm, the strongest hurricane ever to hit the panhandle. a storm of controversy continued to build in washington, from president trump meese meets with north korean president kim jong-un and russian leader vladimir putin to trade battles with long-standing u.s. anallie. her ally, saudi arabia, and its crown prince accused of ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi. president trump accused of turning a blind eye. while the political fight at home was over econgress. democratic party grabbing control of the house,

republicans holding onir to the majority in the senate on a history of making night that saw more than 100 women, a record number, win congressional seats. along the border, strict immigration enforcement separated families before the white house under mounting pressure reversed the policy. >> the testimony you are about to give -- >> reporter: there was an emotional showdown of the u.s. supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. the administration celebrated his eventual confirmation and what the white housed calle other important wins, including a restructured nafta trade trde, aong market and economy and unemployment numbers reaching 50-year lows. washington did set aside its partisan bickering briefly to say a heart felt and emotional good-bye to former president george h.w. bush. the world cheered the olympic spirit and competition inouth korea but the biggest sports victory of the year came far from the playing field.

trapped in a cave for more than a week, 12 players and the coach of a youth soccer team in thailand pulledo tsafety. kids were pulled into the streets of the nation's capitale and c across the country mourning friends lost and demanding ange. >> it's time for victims to be the change that we need to see. >> reporter: gunfire again lspped through schoo across the country. 17 killed in parkland, florida, 10 murdered at a high school in santa fe, texas.s shang out on more than two dozen campuses. and inside the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh where 11 worshippers were killed. 12 were gunned down during college night at the borderline bar and grill in tusand oaks, california, and five people were shot and killed while working at a community newspaper in annapolis, maryland. >> they loved us and l wee them. we're a tight family there. >> a family refusing to be cast as victims. the me too mutual saw a hollywood power broker arrested

and a once-beloved superstar convicted of sexual assault. while an actress took on a new historic role. american meghan markle marrying prince harry. the couple announcing five months later the duchess is expecting as the world now looks to the expectations of a new year. jay gray, nbc news. it was a tough year looking back at t stories. i think the only smile and joy was in e aland other countries. >> well, the eagle did win the super bowl. >> nobody cares about that. >> tre's that. >> i'm just saying, there are most likely -- and the capitals cup. e stanl >> that's what matters here. >> and for today's gameline, there are liky aumber of my philly brethren in town because if the eagles win and the vikings lose then the eagles are in the playoffs. >> everybody lock your doors, make sure the liquor cabinets are locked up. >> there redskins a tough team

when you face this situation. they would love to play spoiler today. >> i gave up. sten, josh johnson, i love you, doing one heck of a job but it's been tough out there. we have toeat the eagles. it will be a nice day at fedex. you were talking abo going with your philly brplhren. if p are coming in from philly, welcome to washington, d.c.; home of super bowl clamps mo -- champs more than one time. >> maybe when you were two.e ve cloud cover, it looks like it will rain but we'll be dry today. yesterday we made it to 58 degrees. still above normal. our average temperature is 44 so

partlynn on new year's eve and new year's night it will be wet and we dry out into new year's day. so we're dry and cooler for wednesday. temperatures out there right now, anywhere from the low 30s to to the low 40 so chilly. you may see a sprinkle or a snowflake out there but this is evaporating before it hits the ou ground. temperatures today mid to upper 40s. not quite as warm as yesterday so your weekend activities, we have rain to the south. deco tions downtoday? it might be the day to do it. we have the redskins game at fedex field that we need to win.

so tomorrow morningte comot looking that bad. tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening we'll see showers and or even through tw night, so new year's night we'll have showers. it won't rain the whole time but drizzle and fog. temperatures will be around 50 degrees, not onl through the day on your monday but also t nigh night. we'll bring in rain around 2019 but that is gone into tuesday morning, your new year's day morning and temperatures soar. low 60s tuesday. we drop wednesday and thursday, rain showers possible through the day on

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d.c.'s sober ride program operates fro8:00 at night through new year's day. and you can catch a special episode of "meet the press" "the climate crisis" after news 4 day. 41 degrees and not too bad. >> temperatures mid to upper 40s. dry, but r we haven arriving through tomorrow morning. showers through tomorrow afternoon and evening. it will wrap up by the time we head into daybreak on new year's day. look at those temperatures. >> 63. >> 63. as we ring in 2019, we will have showers around but temperatures showers around but temperatures will be around 50 so right now, the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network, and get a year of amazon prime and

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shutdown to last. >> we're not the suckers of the. worl >> we don't know whether this rally is going to last. >>. good morning andelcome to "sunday today" on this december 30th. i'm hallie jackson in for willie geist this morning. as the world gets ready to ring in the newni year tomorrow t, it might be a wet and snowy one for millions of people. another b s winterm is set to hit tonight and might make a mess of your new year's plans. the full forecast is just ahead. plus, ase